WORLDLINESS PART 1

The paradox of God’s love for a sinful world

Jn 3:16; 1 Jn 2:15–16

The problem of sin is not primarily the world around us but the worldliness within us, which we cannot escape by living in isolation from other people.

John F. MacArthur

We can’t turn on the TV or go to work without some form of sin tempting us to a sinful behavior. The truth is not what is happening in the world as much as the world that is us!

“God so loved the world...Hum?

Is this a contradiction in the bible?

When on the other hand the very same writer says,

”do not love the world…Hum?

If this was the first time picking up a bible and you just happened to read John 3:16 & 1 John 2:15-7 I believe you meet be scratching your head wondering…hum?

I can assure you that John 3:16 & 1 John 2:15-17 is hardly a contradiction, in fact, it makes great Holy, pure sense!

This study will not only show how much God loves- truly loves the world, yet on the other hand show God throwing people in Hell because of their love for the world!

Introduction

Epistle of John Author and Apostle: John, son of Zebedee-- The disciple Jesus loved

Date Written: most likely, written near or in Ephesus around the 1st century.

Purpose: Both John’s present day and days to yet come, Jesus is God, warnings of worldly living, prophetic warnings of future events, false Teachers, hope, love, how to live the christian life

Paradox: An apparent contradiction. A paradox may come in the form of a seemingly self-contradictory statement, in multiple statements that are mutually contradictory or by way of a statement that…[Pocket Dictionary of theological terms]

Key Verse: 1 John 5:13

Hard Saying: 1 John 2:15-17

Outline:

God appears on earth

God is pure light

If we do sin, Jesus is our advocate

Warning about worldly living

Christians are promised eternal life

Christians are to love one another

Not all who confess Christ are true

Our Creator is Love

Christians must overcome this evil world

All scripture was written for us who believe